{"id":122,"date":"2010-05-24T11:02:22","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T18:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/dw_blog\/?p=122"},"modified":"2010-05-24T12:54:04","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T19:54:04","slug":"kids-just-dont-get-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/dw_blog\/kids-just-dont-get-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids just don’t get it."},"content":{"rendered":"

Life is difficult. It’s complicated. Kids don’t understand that.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, why would they? <\/a>We handle all the complicated stuff for them. They just play. That’s their job and most of them do it exceedingly well. You can even say they’re experts at it. The sad thing is that we were all kids once but for some reason as we get older and the world gets more complex we think we need to find more complex ways of having fun. It usually involves a lot of money and frequently a lot of time and planning.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Now you’re thinking, “Oh, fiddle-faddle! <\/strong>I don’t need a fancy vacation or dinner at an expensive restaurant to have fun.” Maybe not but I’ll bet I can’t get you to giggle your way through an afternoon by playing in a cardboard box.<\/p>\n

Forgive me for saying so but I can’t imagine you and your closest friend squealing with delight for hours while running through a sprinkler.<\/a><\/p>\n

And I’ll bet most of us would consider planting flowers a job rather than a pleasure. Maybe both if gardening is a hobby or one of your particular adult pleasures but it is still definitely a chore.<\/p>\n

My grandsons just don’t know how complicated life is.<\/p>\n

Please don’t tell them. They’ll figure it out in their own time.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2010 by David L. Williams, all rights reserved<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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